At first I felt my 2013 Tom Tom (TT) was far superior, but there are some features on the 2016 model I feel are better.
I like the zoom feature and scrolling, this was a weakness on the TT and the options for looking at your route are an improvement.
The traffic updates are OK, and as I don’t need an internet connection in the UK presumably these are via the radio as was the TT, (I hope the same method for updates applies abroad otherwise data charges might add up). I like the historical reports, but I preferred the traffic bar on the RHS of the screen as a reminder of problems coming up, having to select a menu for ‘significant occurrences’ is not ideal when travelling as it’s a distraction. It would be better if you could switch off directions audio but keep traffic updates as spoken, I could have this on the TT but not on the new.
I like the 2016 POI search over the TT , and I'm not bothered about selecting different map colours / schemes or voices so am quite happy with the screen layout as provided. I’d prefer the Sat nav to show me actual speed travelling as did the TT but my main gripe is with the map updates. I'm not sure what maps the Tom Tom use but they're much more up to date than the Navtec maps used by the new system. There’s a road on my commute been open for 6 months and I’d like to know the traffic status but it’s not included in the new system. The TT had this listed even while it was under construction.
All in all I think the new sat nav is OK, not as good as the Mazda sales staff claimed, but with a few tweeks and more frequent and accurate map updates it could be a very good system.
1/ I don't recall getting any traffic on the TT once my one year's live traffic expired, given free of charge after numerous connection problems.
I'm not totally sure what's happening with the MZD with traffic, because i lost all traffic after the free subscription ran out, and i now notice as others have that i get traffic now i've took out 3 years live traffic, without even connecting to a wi-fi hotspot.(Paid for by Mazda less the VAT)
If its via TMC why did i lose it?
2/ Directions sound can be turned of in nav settings, but i'm not sure if that affects camera warnings?
3/ I miss the traffic bar, and the GPS speed read out.
4/ POI i rarely use so can't comment.
5/ There's a 6 month old new stretch of road on my regular journey, that is on the map so that's good, but on a 5 hour round trip yesterday i noticed a mini island not shown, and more than one traffic camera declared that didn't exist.
6/ My other gripe is the street name appears on screen even when on another screen, it obscures the phone data and wifi signal read out.
7/ Major plus for me is having the time shown on the screen.
8/ i actually think TT was a far better system, but it had dire graphics on a tiny screen.
But my 2009 Xtrail was a superior nav to both of them, traffic at no cost with lots of options, it only lacked post codes.
8/ Do you know how to zoom in on a selected destination?
I sometimes like to zoom to confirm a location but i just can't find a way to do it, and the map area shrinks to a tiny area just to make it harder to see.
